Opinion: Microsoft’s Xbox One just keeps getting more expensive…

It has been reported that the Xbox One’s new controller will cost $10 more than its predecessor making it sit at a $60 price point. Moreover, the chat headset (which has previously been bundled with the 360) has been priced at $24.99.

Really Microsoft? Why force gamers to buy a Kinect accessory that hardcore gamers will use maybe once or twice instead of bundling things such as a headset and charging dock? In all honesty, I’m not sure what Microsoft is trying to do.

In my opinion, there should be two types of bundles: one for casual gamers that want to play games via the connect and one for hardcore gamers that need things like a gaming headset included. They could easily bundle a headset and charging dock into a bundle that would be the same price as the current bundle (and that’s with MSRP pricing).